Brandimarte, Paolo Numerical Methods in Finance and Economics A MATLAB-Based Introduction Statistics in Practice
2. Edition - October 2006 125.- Euro 2006. 696 Pages, Hardcover ISBN-10: 0-471-74503-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-74503-7 - John Wiley & Sons
Short description Numerical Methods in Finance and Economics, Second Edition bridges the gap between financial theory and computational practice while helping students and practitioners exploit MATLAB for financial applications. It covers the basics of finance and numerical analysis and provides background material that suits the needs of students from both financial engineering and economics perspectives.
From the contents Preface to the Second Edition.
From the Preface to the First Edition.
PART I. BACKGROUND.
1. Motivation.
2. Financial Theory.
PART II. NUMERICAL METHODS.
3. Basics of Numerical Analysis.
4. Numerical Integration: Deterministic and Monte Carlo Methods.
5. Finite Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations.
6. Convex Optimization.
PART III. PRICING EQUITY OPTIONS.
7. Option Pricing by Binomial and Trinomial Lattices.
8. Option Pricing by Monte Carlo Methods.
9. Option Pricing by Finite Difference Methods.
PART IV. ADVANCED OPTMIZATION MODELS AND METHODS.
10. Dynamic Programming.
11. Linear Stochastic Programming Models with Recourse.
12. Non-Convex Optimization.
PART V. APPENDICES.
Appendix A. Introduction to MATLAB Programming.
Appendix B. Refresher on Probability theory and Statistics.
